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Free group automorphisms, invariant orderings and topological applications

Group Theory 2014-10-01 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We are concerned with orderable groups and particularly those with orderings invariant not only under multiplication, but also under a given automorphism or family of automorphisms. Several applications to topology are given: we prove that the fundamental groups of hyperbolic nonorientable surfaces, and the groups of certain fibred knots are bi-orderable. Moreover, we show that the pure braid groups associated with hyperbolic nonorientable surfaces are left-orderable.

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@article{arxiv.math/0105205,
  title  = {Free group automorphisms, invariant orderings and topological applications},
  author = {Dale Rolfsen and Bert Wiest},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0105205},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol1/agt-1-15.abs.html

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